Purdie and Smith worked at the behest of an all-female editorial committee
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The anthology came out in six volumes, printing the music along with the words of its songs; its editor was the greatest...
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Sarah Tytler
The book is prefaced by a glossary which informs the reader that Edinburgh is nicknamed Auld Reekie, that to gowl is to weep noisily, to rug and rive is to carry off by violence...
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1734: Jean Adam or Adams published at Glasgow her...
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1734
Jean Adam or Adams
published at Glasgow her Miscellany Poems.